Posted By Al McEvoy on 12/24/2008 5:30 PM
but what Mike says does not square with what has been written by Lewis Polk and other company officials on their forum.
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I wasn't trying to knock Aristo...as it seems my comments were taken. Aristo does the project development....PROJECT...and managment. Aristocraft measures the real engine if possible and photograph it...and make 2D drawings of the model they want produced. They document the curves of the real item...as those are difficult to show in a 2D drawing they explain. The movie shows John Mikesh on an engine doing that. If I understand their organization as explained briefly in the video, the project development is John Mikesh's job. They have other division managers for service and sales...and all three plus Lewis are shown participating in the business end of the project.
For the Project part...that would be drawings and specifications that (I think) are provided to Sanda Kan...Aristo produces them I think...least that's my take on what I saw. For the service division of Aristo, it means reviewing the designs to ensure whatever is built is repairable...and reliable. They show Navin doing this in one part. Throught the whole video Mr. Polk, head of sales, is visible with Lewis...clearly working the classical business efforts....sales, marketing, packaging, distribution, oversight, etc. That's their team.
As I saw the video, the engineering to make a PRODUCT is done by Sanda Kan. Sanda Kan does the 3D CAD so that the parts together and that CAM processes can be used. They design the subassemblies. They do the electronics design. They sub out the PC board fabrication the movie said...but they do the stuffing and soldering and wiring of the boards...and engines and cars. They even do the packaging design...and interestingly have a lab that is designed to test the product packaging to ensure the product is well protected.
This is NOT to say that Aristocraft is not involved all the way along. Whatever product is being made...it's still one of their projects...and what I saw was classical project management by Aristocraft. So...it's incorrect to say they are just a distributor of someone else's product...this is THEIR product...and that came through loud and clear.